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Date: | Thursday 26 March 1942 |
Time: | evening |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | X3665 |
MSN: | DX-? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:40 hrs for an operation to Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was hit by heavy Flak. The crew all rest in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Ronald Vernon Snook RNZAF NZ/404960 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Peter John Paine RAFVR 1253892 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Christopher Grant Freeman RAFVR 988755 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Donald Leslie Ballingall RCAF R/63745 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Valentine Hill RAFVR 1163247 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant David Watson Bond RAFVR 971971 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3665 Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Apr-2020 20:28 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
02-Apr-2024 06:59 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |